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10 July 1964 (West Germany) moreTagline:
Every Crime Shapes Up Different...Every Clue Has Twists and Curves! morePlot Keywords:
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Lex Barker in unimaginative South African-set detective film moreCast
(Credited cast)| Lex Barker | ... | Steve Martin | |
| Ronald Fraser | ... | Inspector Dickie Lean | |
| Ann Smyrner | ... | Helga Swenson | |
| Véronique Vendell | ... | Gina | |
| Walter Rilla | ... | Wexler | |
| Dietmar Schönherr | ... | Dr. Paul Bryson | |
| Percy Sieff | ... | George Anderson | |
| Gustel Gundelach | ... | Hans Kramer | |
| Gert Van den Bergh | ... | Vanberger | |
| Howard Davis | ... | Rawlings | |
| Sophia Kammara | ... | Leila (as Sophia Spentzos) |
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CODE 7, VICTIM 5 is now available in a cheap DVD, and for a few dollars (mine cost $3 US), it's passable entertainment, mostly for the presence of Lex Barker as private eye "Steve Martin" (same name as Raymond Burr's character in GODZILLA). This is a typical Harry Alan Towers production--find an out-of-the-way country where the pound/dollar goes a long way and without powerful unions, hire a lot of locals in small roles, use a lot of free locations to give the film "color," have Towers himself pen a by-the-numbers script over dinner or during a flight. South Africa photographs well (the film was shot by Nicholas Roeg, so it's no surprise), and is so unfamiliar to this American that the background almost becomes a character. The plot is the standard "someone is killing off one by one the members of a group from a previous time" and ex-Nazis are even dragged in. Ronald Fraser (best known in the USA for FATHOM, with Raquel Welch and the late great Tony Franciosa) does a good job as the local police inspector who finds jet-setting detective Barker to be a bit of a pest, but eventually realizes Barker's honesty and professionalism--Fraser and Barker are the perfect foils for each other. Nothing special here--probably of interest mostly to the Barker fan (or those who want a quick three-dollar travelogue of South Africa).